Magnetic Flux Structures in Superconductors: Extended Reprint of a Classic Text

ISBN-13: 9783540679530 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 314 str.

Rudolf P. Hubener; R. P. Huebener; R. P. Hubener

Opis

The first edition of this book provided an introduction to the many static and dynamic features of magnetic flux structures in what are now called classical or low-temperature superconductors. It went out of print not long after the discovery of high-temperature superconductors in 1986 by J.G. Bednorz and K.A. Miiller, a discovery which resulted worldwide in an explosive growth of research and development in the field of superconductivity. Because of this upsurge of activities, a strong demand for this book clearly continued. Since the contents of the fourteen chapters of the first edition are still valid and continue to represent a useful introduction into the various subjects, it was felt that a reprinting of these chapters in this second edition would be highly attractive. In this way, the reader is also able to trace the earlier scienti- fic developments, themselves constituting important ideas sometimes forgot- ten by the new community dealing with high-temperature superconductivity. However, because of the exciting and important recent progress in the field of high-temperature superconductivity, an extensive chapter has been added in this second edition. It provides a summary of the new developments and a discussion of the highlights. Here keywords such as vortex matter, vortex imaging, and half-integer magnetic flux quanta describe surprising new issues.

Spis treści

1 Introduction.- 2 Magnetic Properties of Type-I Superconductors.- 3 Ginzburg-Landau Theory.- 4 Magnetic Properties of Type-II Superconductors.- 5 Thin Films.- 6 Experimental Techniques.- 7 Lorentz Force and Flux Motion.- 8 Special Experiments.- 9 Thermal Force and Flux Motion.- 10 Time-Dependent Theories.- 11 Flux Pinning.- 12 Flux Creep and Flux Jumps.- 13 Electrical Noise Power.- 14 Current-Induced Resistive State.- 15 High-Temperature Superconductors: Summary of Recent Developments.- List of Symbols.- References.

O autorze

Rudolf P. Hübener erhielt 1992 für seine wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten den Max Planck Forschungspreis und 2001 den Cryogenics Preis. Er studierte Physik und Mathematik an der Universität Marburg sowie an den Technischen Hochschulen München und Darmstadt. 1958 promovierte er in Marburg im Fach Experimentalphysik. Nach einer Tätigkeit im Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe und einem Forschungsinstitut bei Albany, New York, USA arbeitete er für 12 Jahre am Argonne National Laboratory bei Chicago, Illinois. 1974 übernahm er einen Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik an der Universität Tübingen. Dort lehrte und forschte er bis zu seiner Emeritierung im Jahr 1999.

Blurb

The discovery of high-temperature superconductors in 1986 by Bednorz and Müller led worldwide to a rapid growth of the field of superconductivity. This new interest extends to both the fundamental aspects and the technological appli- cations of superconductors. The monograph "Magnetic Flux Structures in Superconductors" provided an introduction to this field, covering the developments up to its first publication in 1979. Soon after 1986 the book went out of print. However, it continues to be widely used and quoted, and due to the ever growing interest in "Magnetic Flux Structures in Superconductors", a second edition is now being made available. An extensive new chapter gives a comprehensive review of developments relevant to high-temperature superconductors. This new edition provides researchers, engineers and other scientists with an intro- duction to this field; it will also be useful as supplementary reading for graduate courses in low-temperature physics.